[ARROW-1225] [Python] pyarrow.array does not attempt to convert bytes to UTF8 when passed a StringType

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.6.0
• Component/s: Python
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/17046
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 16/Jul/17 23:58
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:13
• Resolved: 07/Aug/17 14:45

Description

This code works in py3 but fails in py2.7

import pyarrow as pa
pa.array(['a', 'b', 'c'], type=pa.string())